Housing Procurement Officer

1 month ago


London, United Kingdom Akton Recruitment Ltd Full time

Housing Procurement Officer
£24.05 per hour
Reporting to: Senior Housing procurement officer
Contract Length: 6 months
Akton recruitment are working with a local authority who are looking for a housing procurement officer to assist with the delivery of the Council Home Improvement Service, to efficiently deliver advice, casework and the administration of private sector housingprocurement. As a housing procurement officer, you will undertake activities to proactively identify empty properties and bring them back into use, managing an individual caseload as allocated by the Senior Procurement Officer. You will be working closelywith both internal and external partner agencies to ensure that applicants moving into private sector housing have all the necessary support to enable them to manage and sustain their tenancy. You will also be responsible for carrying out services deliveredby the Disability & Home Improvement Team. The contract term will be 6 months.
Main Responsibilities:

- Building relationships with private sector landlords, agents, and other housing providers in order to procure and develop housing options for households in housing need.
- To undertake casework in relation to service users of the Disability & Home Improvement Team.
- To ensure that private sector properties offered to service users are suitable for their needs
- To manage and prioritize an allocated private sector housing procurement caseload, identifying and reducing/managing risks, exploring the most effective method of progressing cases and coordinating with other stakeholders.
- To allocate and check work of the administrative staff who support their function
- To produce statistical information and run reports to allow the effective management of budgets, performance indicators and other outputs.
- To provide information to the Senior Housing Procurement Officer on available accommodation and feasibility of acquiring accommodation for specific households.
- To proactively locate and identify empty properties and undertake activities to bring them back into use, including providing owners of empty properties, the public and others with information and advice on the means to bring empty properties back into use.
- To review and monitor action taken to return empty properties to residential use and report progress on the empty property strategy on a regular basis to officers, members and other interested council departments.
- Assist the Senior Procurement Officer in the day-to-day management of service budgets, ensuring that orders and payments are properly authorised, accurately recorded and monitored, and that resources are effectively managed within budget limits
- To assess the amount of deposit bond that the client is entitled to claim, ensuring that office procedures and specified regulations are followed.
- To develop and maximise the range of private sector housing solutions available to service users in housing need.
- To be responsible for ensuring that all properties are properly inspected and meet all relevant standards and accreditation requirements and are deemed suitable.

**Skills**:

- Experience of procurement.
- Experience / background within local authority procurement is ideal.
- Relevant training/experience in working with procurement, contract letting/management.
- Experience and knowledge of IT systems.
- Attention to detail and ability to work accurately to deadlines.
Start date: ASAP



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